LA Bureau Chief at the Wall Street Journal, editing entertainment and media coverage. Previously Senior Editor, Hollywood Inc. at the Los Angeles Times.
Joined July 2009
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There's a new generation of filmmakers earning a good living with low-cost, highly-targeted content on free streaming services like Tubi and Roku. I profiled an incredibly interesting guy whose work is making $2M per year with zero help from Hollywood.
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The Former Drug Dealer Whose D.I.Y. Shows Make Millions Without Hollywood - @benfritz wsj.com/business/media/the-f…
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Today's episode of The Journal opens with my 14 year-old son begging me to get him into the premiere of "Backrooms" (talk about an entitled L.A. kid!), then schooling me on the deep Internet lore behind it.
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Justice Department Decision to Allow Paramount Deal Surprised Staff Investigators - @WSJ scoop wsj.com/business/media/justi…
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The Party Game Where Silicon Valley’s Elite Pretend to Kill Each Other wsj.com/tech/the-party-game-…
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Justice Department Clears Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal. wsj.com/business/media/justi…
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🗞️PERSONAL NEWS: I’m thrilled to share that I’m joining The Wall Street Journal next month as a reporter covering cloud computing and AI infrastructure.
I’ve loved reporting on the wild world of data centers, compute, and energy over the past 3 years, and I’m incredibly excited to continue doing so with the @WSJ team.
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Nithya Raman has pulled ahead of Spencer Pratt in the mayor’s race
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“We’ve been internally deeply distressed by the interference, and that’s why it was not an easy decision for us,” Stahl said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/business/media/nick-…
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Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026) 🤍
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Does Nithya Raman still have a chance? California's uncounted votes could help Democrats latimes.com/california/story…
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A CBS News spokesperson says this is false.
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Austin-based podcaster Joe Rogan reportedly being considered for 60 Minutes role. statesman.com/news/politics/…
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RIP Marjane Satrapi, the great cartoonist and film director, best known for PERSEPOLIS. She was only 56. A great talent. She will be missed.
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The meltdown inside "60 Minutes:" wsj.com/business/media/the-m…
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"Niles, we're lost. That's the fourth time we've passed by the pile of frankly rather tasteless sheraton armchairs."
"Yes, the style clashes with the yellow wallpaper and endless billowing void. Then again, feng shui might fail to accommodate an open floor plan this... er, OPEN"
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60 Minutes didn’t exactly roll out the welcome wagon for new exec producer Nick Bilton. Correspondent Scott Pelley rips new boss and CBS News brass. Before getting job Bilton made presentation to top leadership including Paramount CEO David Ellison. wsj.com/business/media/60-mi…
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Breaking: Anthropic has filed for an IPO, setting it on a path to go public as early as this fall on.wsj.com/4uazHbz
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Kinda slaps
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2 Hard 4 The Radio but the beat is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
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drake has mickey mouse clubhouse flow
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